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ballroom

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ballroom.

Editorial note

The wooing of the customer is supplanted by an eternal dance of indoctrinated partners in the ecosystem ballroom.

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Parts of speech2

Quick take

A large room used for dancing and banquets.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ballroom gathered in one view.

noun

A large room used for dancing and banquets.

noun

A type of elegant dance.

verb

(intransitive) To take part in ballroom dancing.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ballroom.

Example sentences

1

The wooing of the customer is supplanted by an eternal dance of indoctrinated partners in the ecosystem ballroom.

2

For ballroom dancing you already need to have a partner, more or less, so maybe better look into Salsa.

3

Of course that sort of thing does not happen in the big ballroom during the keynote.

4

The best advice I can give you is find a dance studio and take a beginner Latin/swing/ballroom class.

5

She dragged me to ballroom lessons, and then swing, and then lindy hop.

6

If you want to classify different types of 'ballroom' music, as the article states, then you've already partially defined the music for the system.

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That first one BTW had 300 people representing virtually all the Mac developers in the entire world, meeting in a single ballroom at the Fairmont.

8

So I looked around and went for something well outside my comfort zone: ballroom dancing.

9

I could see it being used to help model a ballroom scene.

10

You’re into ballroom dancing, go for it.

11

For others maybe salsa, swing, ballroom, etc.

12

But for the same reason, it's less clear what public benefit there is behind requiring florists, interior designers or ballroom dancers to be licensed in order to practice their craft.

Quote examples

1

I am the authority." I might try ballroom dancing when I have the time again, as I think it's more practical from a social perspective than fightin'.

2

As a male, heterosexual ballroom and latin dancer -- who has never worn heels higher than men's 1.5" Latin dance shoes -- I totally get that there can be a real powerful, masculine feeling from walking strongly on the balls & toes.

3

On the plus side, the hotel I was staying in had International Miss Leather on at the time, which made for an interesting stay: A character in skimpy leather and its plaything on a leash asked me in the lift one day to judge the competition ("...in the grand ballroom")!

Proper noun examples

1

Ballroom dancing, lyrical poetry, busking, popping-and-locking, figure sculpting, going up to strangers and trying to learn something about them, anything.

2

Ballroom dance I suspected I would enjoy, but it took me a while to get to the point where it wasn't just work to do it (even though I enjoyed watching it.) I know plenty of people for whom those things are flipped.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use ballroom in a sentence?

The wooing of the customer is supplanted by an eternal dance of indoctrinated partners in the ecosystem ballroom.

What does ballroom mean?

A large room used for dancing and banquets.

What part of speech is ballroom?

ballroom is commonly used as noun, verb.